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| "Fields in red are required" (Heraclitus) | Nov 15, 2022 |
I play the triangle, though I must admit I never got beyond Grade 3.
Apropos of nothing, I once attended a concert in a small church in La Rochelle,
where I was fortunate enough to witness a man playing one of his own compositions... on a small, hand-held gong.
It is quite possible that he slipped a few improv. moments into his oeuvre, although I can't be certain,
as he wasn't playing from a score.
The principal melody was rather subtle, almost hidden ... See more I play the triangle, though I must admit I never got beyond Grade 3.
Apropos of nothing, I once attended a concert in a small church in La Rochelle,
where I was fortunate enough to witness a man playing one of his own compositions... on a small, hand-held gong.
It is quite possible that he slipped a few improv. moments into his oeuvre, although I can't be certain,
as he wasn't playing from a score.
The principal melody was rather subtle, almost hidden you might say, so I'm not entirely convinced I could hum it to you.
There were also lots of pregnant pauses, which (funnily enough!) reminded me of Michael Palin's unfinished Silly Walk,
but with one important difference:
the humour was unintentional. ▲ Collapse
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Tom in London
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Lingua 5B
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Nice one. Is it difficult to breathe? What's the name of the tune?
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Novian Cahyadi
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Lingua 5B wrote:
Nice one. Is it difficult to breathe? What's the name of the tune?
Thanks, Ling. 
At first, it was difficult to not overblow. That's why people tend to get a horrible sound out of a recorder. I've been told that I'm supposed to blow soft, warm air. Especially when hitting the lower notes. It appears that singing in the choir also helps me regulate my breath when playing. The rest is tongue and fingers coordination.
The tune is Wayfaring Stranger, an American folk song. I played the Andreas Scholl ft. Edin Karamazov version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBua7eLTBbQ
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Nice playing. A lot of people don't realise what a beautiful sound recorders can make. When I was at school it was the default instrument for youngsters to learn so most people's experience with it is 13 year olds making a horrible din. I used to play in a recorder group for a while.
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I've been learning English concertina for about 20 years. I try to practice a bit every day. I would love to have started an instrument seriously when I was young enough to become properly good at it.
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Johan Beyens
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Been trying to play the guitar on and off since I was 16, but every time when it seems I am making progress, life interferes.
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| Playing and listening | Dec 3 |
Mr. Satan (X) wrote:
Is mayonnaise an instrument?
If you agree with John Cage's approach to music, "music" is anything (including silence) that the composer says it is. All you need to do is define a starting point and an end point to your work.
And as to the OP's question - I can produce controlled noises with guitars (electric & classical), a recorder and synthesizer.
And as to the OP's gripe - surely playing an instrument is much less common than simply running a random playlist off your favourite streaming service...
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Nice to hear mention of the recorder, good to hear it played so well. At school I learnt to play the descant recorder and played in various school recorder groups. Since then I’ve “graduated” to the tenor recorder – definitely for my own consumption. I would not dare to play in front of an audience! For a while, before Covid, I attended lessons and began to try playing the Scottish and Irish airs I grew up with.
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Anne Maclennan wrote:
Nice to hear mention of the recorder, good to hear it played so well. At school I learnt to play the descant recorder and played in various school recorder groups. Since then I’ve “graduated” to the tenor recorder – definitely for my own consumption. I would not dare to play in front of an audience! For a while, before Covid, I attended lessons and began to try playing the Scottish and Irish airs I grew up with.
There are opportunities for performance where no-one expects you to be of a professional standard and can be a great boost to your confidence and motivation. Playing in a group is much less scary than performing solo, and the folk music world is very encouraging and supportive.
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Thanks, Rachel and Anne.
I was actually split between getting an alto or tenor recorder. Since I wasn't sure if I can commit myself to learn the instrument, I opted for the alto. At least if I lost interest in it, I wouldn't be wasting too much money. Turned out I'm having fun playing it. So hey, maybe I'll get a tenor next. 
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Anne Maclennan
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Novian,
The alto and tenor recorders have different fingering for the various notes. I did wonder about trying the alto, but having learned the descant, which has the same fingering as the tenor, I chose the easier (?) option. It is so long since I tried playing the descant that I am not sure my fingers would find the holes correctly - I have got so used to stretching my fingers to reach the notes on the tenor.
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| Alto vs. Tenor Fingering | Dec 4 |
Anne Maclennan wrote:
The alto and tenor recorders have different fingering for the various notes. I did wonder about trying the alto, but having learned the descant, which has the same fingering as the tenor, I chose the easier (?) option.
It's the same, provided you don't go back and forth between the Baroque and German fingering. If you already got used to playing with the Baroque fingering and stick with it, I think you should be fine. The difference lies only in the sound, i.e., the C fingering on a soprano/descant and tenor would produce an F sound on a sopranino, alto, and bass.
I sometimes use the soprano/descant fingering on my alto, because I'm just mad like that.
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